High resolution stalagmite climate record from the Yucatán Peninsula spanning the Maya terminal classic period
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⁎ Corresponding author. National Oceanography Cen Campus, European Way Southampton, Hampshire Tel.: +44 23 805 96573. E-mail address: [email protected] (M. Medi 1 MME designed and planned the research, conducted dating analyses, participated in the field work and data in manuscript. 2 SJB and DWL helped planned the research, partic analysis, interpretation and writing. 3 YA and VP helped developed the speleothem chron 4 LvG helped creating the temperature correlation statistical analysis, discussion and interpretation of the 5 M.V. contributed his expertise to improving the clim and its discussion in the manuscript. 6 AK helped create manuscript figures and particip interpretation.
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